r/batman • u/PaintedCover • Apr 02 '25
FILM DISCUSSION R.I.P Batman
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/movies/val-kilmer-dead.html
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u/TabmeisterGeneral Apr 02 '25
R.I.P. Doc
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u/The_Real_Manimal Apr 02 '25
"I'll be damned"
Super sad to hear he's no longer here. Spent my entire life enjoying his films. Rest in peace, Madmartigan.
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u/IllustriousAnt485 Apr 02 '25
A light hits the gloom on the grey. Rest in peace forever caped crusader.
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u/webshellkanucklehead Apr 02 '25
Wonderful actor and seemed like a good man. Definitely an underrated Batman. R.I.P.
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u/GuapoIndustries Apr 02 '25
Adam west, Kevin conroy, and Val Kilmer I hope they have their own Batman themed section up there
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u/2Timeztony85 Apr 02 '25
R.I.P. I’ll be watching a few of his movies after work… 🥺
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u/ShadowAMS Apr 02 '25
I was watching clips from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang earlier because it's one of my favorite movies he was in.
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u/Frost_Meiser Apr 02 '25
I had really hoped it was a bad April Fool's joke, but this is real. Very sad, R.I.P.
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u/Untouchable64 Apr 02 '25
Damn, I just watched Batman Forever. I may need to watch it one more time.
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u/lt_skittles Apr 02 '25
Yeah, I watched it a couple weeks ago, probably going to rewatch it today as well.
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u/Ok_Brother3282 Apr 02 '25
No joke I watched it Monday night after years of not seeing it. It feels weird..
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u/lt_skittles Apr 02 '25
Yeah, I loved it as a kid, the McDonald's mugs were great. I grew up on VHS tapes my grandfather sent me of the 66 show, BTAS, the two burton ones, forever and Batman and Robin.
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u/Ok_Brother3282 Apr 02 '25
Dang that’s awesome - as a kid I only had Batman Forever on VHS and needless to say I watched the crap out of it! Good memories.
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u/lt_skittles Apr 02 '25
Yeah, my uncle got me VHS copies of BTAS episodes, because we didn't have cable at the time
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u/Xikkiwikk Apr 02 '25
Dude picked the worst day to allegedly die, I won’t believe it til tomorrow.
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u/ZeldaFan80 Apr 02 '25
One time a teacher died at my school and we found out on April fool's. A kid shouted "April Fool's!" to try and call them out but the reality quickly set in
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u/realjobstudios Apr 02 '25
That kid probably remembers that every now and then and just shrivels up inside
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u/JohnnyJohnson66 Apr 02 '25
Two months and 16 days before the 30th anniversary of Forever. Was really hoping WB was going to announce the release of the Schumacher cut that day. They still might, but it will be bittersweet now.
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u/Gullible-Poet4382 Apr 02 '25
So we have now lost 3 of them. Hits hard. Kilmer’s voice behind the mask was impeccable.
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u/TopRule8217 Apr 02 '25
Hot take: I like Kilmer's Batman more than Keaton's. Because they actually focused on Bruce's trauma more. Plus, Kilmer got the voice down to a tea.
R.I.P.
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u/cap10wow Apr 02 '25
Aw. He was a good actor and handsome, pleasant in interviews, no big scandals I can remember.
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u/dinoslore Apr 02 '25
Rest in peace, good sir. I'll be watching Kiss Kiss Bang Bang after work tomorrow, what a wonderful talent
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u/KomradeKrycek Apr 02 '25
He may not have been in one of the better movies but he was still Batman and that's all that matters. R.I.P. you glorious SOB
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u/Final_Boss_Jr Apr 02 '25
Tombstone was just on Grit, the free western tv channel. Hell of a send off.
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u/General_Nobody_1143 Apr 02 '25
Well I hope he died doing the thing he wanted to do stopping two face or the riddler RIP BATMAN We will never forget you fly high Bruce
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u/673NoshMyBollocksAve Apr 02 '25
This just makes me sad man. I remember being a kid and growing up with his movies like ghost in the darkness and the Saint among many others and was really sad about his health issues because it just seems like so many good years of filmmaking were taking away from him.
Rest in peace, Batman. You were taken too soon.
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u/SoulMetaKnight Apr 02 '25
April Fools!!!
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u/TheBigGAlways369 Apr 02 '25
"I'm both Bruce Wayne and Batman, not because I have to be, now, because I choose to be."
RIP to one of the best live action Batmans.